How do you know when to use haben or sein?
Transitive verbs show motion from A to B, and when main verbs are transitive, they take haben as a helping verb in the conversational past tense. Intransitive verbs—those that don’t show motion—take sein.
What tense is Ich Möchte?
möchten conjugation
| Present | Subjunctive II | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | möcht(e) | – |
| du | möchtest | – |
| er | möchte | – |
| wir | möchten | – |
What are the 7 modal verbs in German?
The modal verbs in German are:
- können (can)
- dürfen (may)
- mögen (like)
- müssen (must)
- sollen (should)
- wollen (want).
What is the difference between würde and Wäre?
Both are ‘moods’ – expressing irreal situations, like a wish or something that didn’t happen (yet) – of the verbs sein and werden respectively. Generally, wäre means ‘would (like to) be’ and würde means ‘would (like to) become / do’.
How are German sentences structured?
The basic German sentence order is SVO: subject, verb, object. The verb, the main verb or the conjugated part of the verb is always the second element of the sentence. If the subject does not precede the verb, main verb or conjugated part, it must follow it immediately.
What is the past tense of Mögen?
So, the main meaning of mögen is “to like“, hence the past of mögen → ich mochte (without Umlaut dots!) means “I liked”. Möchten does not have an “own” past tense because it is only a verb form of mögen. This is why the past tense of ich möchte is ich wollte.
How do you use hatte in German?
The Past Perfect Tense (das Plusquamperfekt) in German: In German, as in English, the past perfect describes a time previous to another in the past. It is constructed just like the present perfect tense, except that the auxiliary “haben” or “sein” is in its simple past form: “hatte” or “war.”
How do you use Ware in German?
2. “Würde” – this translates into “would like”. Just as in English, this is a more polite way to express the same idea. If, for example, asked whether you’d like anything to drink, your reply would usually be, “Ich würde gern eine Cola haben” (I would like a coke have – I’d like to have a coke).